Garment-hook.



W. J. GALT, JR.

GARMENT HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 14, 1909.

1 ,085,1 1 8. Patented Jan. 27, 1914.

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ATTORNEY COLUMBIA PLANQQRAPH c0., WASHINGTON, D. c.

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WILLIAM J. GALT, JR., OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE DE LONG HOOK AND EYE COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORA- 'IION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

GARMENT-HOOK.

Application filed January 14, 1909.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, IVILLIAM J. GALT, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment- Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in garment hooks, which are adapted to be used in connection with eyes for the purpose of connecting the adjacent edges of an article together, usually an article of wearing ap parel. The articles on which these hooks are employed are usually, if not always, some part of wearing apparel, but it will be understood that the said hooks are not limited in their use to any particular kind of article or garment.

The object of my invention is to provide a hook which is adapted to be secured to a garment in such manner as to prevent the thread used at the bill of the hook from slipping back underneath the spring and thereby causing the hook to loosen from its place.

My invention, among other features, offers a fixed barrier against the backward sliding or slipping of the threads beyond the points where they are originally sewed.

In addition to this, one of the objects of my invention is to present a smooth surface without catch or hindrance, so that in the act of sewing, the thread will not be caught which would cause irritation to the sewer and delay the sewing.

A convenient embodiment of my invention is shown in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification. It is to be understood, however, that changes in the details of the construction may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from my invention.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a top plan view of a hook embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is an elevation; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the same. Fig. 1 is a bottom plan view showing a modification of the construction; Fig. 5 is a plan view showing a second modification of the construction; and Fig. 6 is a transverse section on the line 6-45 of Fig. 5.

The hook is, as usual, of a single piece of wire bent and extended to form the various parts or sections of the hook. The wire is bent and preferably, though not Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 27 1 914.

Serial No. 472,232.

necessarily, flattened to form the bill of the hook which consists of the parallel portions or members 1 and 2. These members are again bent and extended rearwardly underneath the bill to form the shank consisting of the members or wires 3 and 4; the shank and the bill therefore being connected by the bend or bight 5. The said members 3 and alare bent to form the thread bends 6 and 7 of the hook, and each of the thread bends are extended forwardly and upwardly, as shown at 8 and 9, toward the bill of the hook to form a rise or spring stop 10 to hold the eye in place, which may be in engagement with the hook. The wires 8 and 9 are extended downwardly and also laterally from the rise or spring stop 10. In Figs. 1, 2 and 3 these downwardly extending wires are provided with bends 11 and 12 which engage the respective wires 3 and 1 of the shank of the hook. The ends of the wires extend to points between the shank wires 3 and 1 and are located practically in the plane of the said shank wires and are practically invisible when the hook is in use, thus insuring a neat appearance. Preferably, the bends 11 and 12 are located at points adjacent to the big-ht 5 of the hook. By so locating the bends 11 and 12 I provide means, that is to say, a space for stitches around the wires 3 and 4; where they merge into the bight 5 for thread stitches or other suitable means which may be employed to connect the hook at this point to the material of the garment.

In Fig. 1 the ends 15 and 16 of the wire extend underneath the shank wires as indicated at 15 and 16, but instead of being bent around the wires as indicated at 11 and 12 in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the said ends extend straight across toward each other and abut as at 17 so that the two wires together abutting, as shown, constitute a single loop extending around both wires.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown a construction in which the end 18 and 19 of each wire extends across and underneath the shank wires 3 and 1, the said end portions overlapping and preferably being in contact with each other as shown in the said Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings.

The end portions 15 and 16 in Fig. 4 and 18 and 19 in Figs. 5 and 6 are located underneath the shank wires at points approximately at the ends of the shank wires 3 and 4, where the said wires begin to merge into the bight 5 of the hook. By so locating the said end portions, room or space is left for the thread stitches or other means which may be employed to secure the bill end of the hook to a garment orother article.

By arranging the ends of the wires as shown in the drawing with relation to the wires constituting the body or shank portion of the hook, I produce a hook in which there are no projecting parts on which the thread may catch when sewing the bill end portion of the hook to the garment to prevent the thread trom going readily to its place between the bends 11 and 12 and the bight 5 of the hook.

Having thus explained the nature of my invention, and described a way of constructing and using the same without attempting to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made, or all of the modes of its use, what I claim is 1. As an article of manufacture, a hook consisting of wire, and having a shank portion, a bill portion, and thread eyes, and having the portions of the said wire which form the thread eyes extended upwardly to ward the bill of the hook to form a spring stop, and each of the said portions extended downwardly and laterally, and the said ex tended portions being provided with bends at their ends which bends are in engagement with the members constituting the shank of the hook, the ends of the said bends being located between the portions constituting the said shank.

2. As an article of manufacture, a garment hook consisting of wire having a shank portion and a bill portion, the said shank and bill portions respectively consisting of two wires arranged substantially in parallel relation to each other, and the said shank and bill portions being connected by a bend or bight, and thread eyes, the end portions of the wires forming the said thread eyes being extended upwardly toward the bill of the hook to form a spring stop and the said portions being extended downwardly and laterally and provided with bends which bends engage the shank wires at points adjacent to the said bight, and the ends of the said wires being located at points between the said shank wires and substantially in the plane of the latter.

3. As an article of manufacture a hook consisting of wire and having a shank portion, a bill portion, and thread eyes and having the portions of the saidwire which form the thread eyes extended upwardly toward the bill of the hook to form a stop and each of the said portions extended downwardly and laterally and the said extended portions being provided with inward bends at their ends whereby the said ends extend under the said shank wires, the said end portions of the wires terminating at points adjacent to the forward portions of the said shank wires.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have hereunto signed my name this 13th day of January, A. D. 1909.

VVILLIAW J. GALT, JR.

In the presence of CARRIE E. KLEINFELDER, CYRUs N. ANDERSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

